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Commentary: Sunshine in the heartland

On Aug. 2, staid, conservative Kansas gave the United States one of the biggest jolts in an election season in which Democratic disaster and Republican ascension had been such an accepted fact that left-wing media’s denial of inevitability sounded more like prayer. President Joe Biden’s approval rating was lower than…

Tribune News Service · Aug 15, 2022

EXPLAINER: Tension between Nicaragua and the Catholic Church

Nicaragua’s government recently shuttered seven radio stations belonging to the Catholic Church

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2022

Nicaraguan police prohibit religious procession in capital

Nicaragua’s police are prohibiting a religious procession scheduled for Saturday in the capital, the latest sign of tensions between the government and the Roman Catholic Church

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2022

Hearing pain of Canada school survivors felt like slaps, pope says

Pope Francis said on Wednesday he felt the pain of survivors of Canada's residential school system "like slaps" and that the Catholic Church has to face up to its responsibility for institutions that abused children and tried to erase indigenous cultures.

Reuters · Aug 3, 2022

Pope Francis's visit to Canada was full of tensions — both from what was said and what wasn’t

Reactions to Pope Francis’s apology in Canada for harm perpetrated by members of the Catholic Church on children at Indian Residential Schools were far from unanimous.

The Conversation · Aug 2, 2022

Secular group slams Lanarkshire council over religious representative search

The National Secular Society says the role is outdated and 'runs counter to principles of equality'.

Daily Record · Jul 31, 2022

Families attend memorial service 50 years on from Claudy bombings

Three car bombs detonated in the village on July 31, 1972, killing nine people.

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2022

Service to mark 50 years since Claudy massacre

The attack in the Co Londonderry village was blamed on the Provisional IRA, although the group never claimed responsibility.

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2022

Holy Smokes! Meet The Nuns Who Grow Weed

Article by Marian Venini, originally published on El Planteo.

Benzinga · Jul 30, 2022

AP PHOTOS: Pope makes a penitential pilgrimage to Canada

Pope Francis crisscrossed Canada this week delivering long overdue apologies to the country’s Indigenous groups for the decades of abuses and cultural destruction they suffered at Catholic Church-run residential schools.

The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2022